In reaction, people started posting pictures on Twitter with images and gifs of same-sex marriage and homoerotica... using the #MoggMentum hashtag.

It all started with a simple suggestion in a tweet but got popular very quickly.

The tweet said: "Wouldn't it be a DREADFUL thing, if homophobic leadership wannabe Jacob Rees-Mogg's hashtag #moggmentum was totally swamped by homoerotica?"

Since then, #MoggMentum has been flooded with pictures and comments of people who reject his ideas on same-sex marriage.

The hashtag usually related to political news and updates on the potential future Prime Minister now looks like this:

Everyone seems to have an opinion on Rees-Mogg's interview

Other Conservative MPs have spoken up about his extremist views, TV personalities have tweeted their opinion, and locals said how they feel about his statement.

Nik Jovcic-Sas, who organises Pride in Midsomer Norton, said: "Jacob Rees-Mogg has made it clear he doesn't feel people like me, or the other LGBT people in our community, deserve the same rights as him.

"It's easy to dismiss his comments as "just an opinion" - but we've seen first hand in America what happens when politicians start normalising extremist views. Women's rights over their bodies, or our freedom to marry shouldn't up for debate."